Google News Has “Spotlight Video” Section
The Google News blog announced they added a new section to the right hand column of Google News. The new section is called “Spotlight Video” and shows news related videos for that day. Google said the Spotlight Video works like the popular Spotlight News section. Google explained, “Spotlight articles are selected by our computer algorithms, […]
The Google News blog announced they added a new section to the right hand column of Google News. The new section is called “Spotlight Video” and shows news related videos for that day.
Google said the Spotlight Video works like the popular Spotlight News section. Google explained, “Spotlight articles are selected by our computer algorithms, but they aren’t your typical breaking news. Instead you’ll find stories of enduring appeal such as feature articles, investigative reporting and opinion pieces.”
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If you are a Google News publisher, this may encourage you to submit more videos with your news articles. Here is more information on how to do that.
Yesterday we reported Google News is testing Friends News helped by Twitter integration.
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